Patrick White
Bondi has had a colourful history, but this is why it’s never lost its appeal
It’s an unruly coastal circus and that’s why we love it.
- Chris Baker
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‘It’s as if everything is gone’: Richard Flanagan on his most important book
The Booker Prize-winning author says he feels a great silence within him after completing his latest work.
- Melanie Kembrey
Could this outback mystery be our next Australian classic?
Fiona McFarlane’s mesmerising second novel offers a fresh take on the search for a lost child.
- Melanie Kembrey
- Opinion
- Reliving history
Statues with limitations: The bronzed figures who stand still while time marches on
The imminent removal of a statue honouring a despicable 19th century Tasmanian premier is a reminder that we should be careful who, and what, we put on a pedestal.
- Malcolm Knox
From the Archives, 1990: Patrick White, author and stirrer, dies at 78
Thirty years ago, Patrick White – the first Australian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature – died in his Centennial Park home.
A poetic vision of a bohemian artistic world
PiO has produced another monumental book of poetry.
- David McCooey
- Opinion
- Political leadership
There's a surefire way for Labor to lose the next election
So far the only interesting feature about Labor's post-election self-reflection is how limp the debate has been.
- Sean Kelly
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